Art Girls...
Last night I hosted our monthly Art Girls get together...it was "Pot Leuck" I made my Mother's great Seafood Lasagna. As usual..I forgot to get out the camera until everyone was on their way out. We had a great time and shared lots of good information. It's inspiring to trade leads and resources and hear eachother's news, big commissions & sales, new venues etc. On resource we'll all be checking out soon from Kathy Frey is the Women's Business Development Center, they offer seminars with business counseling included in the fee. I also shared about my favorite art/client/exhibit database management software Eartist - from Artscope.net. As usual the food contributed by all made for an amazing meal from the appetizer to the desserts....and yes there is still plenty of talk about doing our own cookbook! Girls in the photos Match, Kathy, Mimi, Kate & Eva sporting their flower child candy bracelet head bands! And Sharon & Match...
Free Rice
Now in addition to www.Websudoku.com, I have a new diversion...Rich just told me about Free Rice, it's a vocabulary game...and for every word you get right 10 grains of rice are donated through the United Nations to help end world hunger....I donated 610 grains today, and I don't feel guilty!
Happy Art Opening...
Wrapping up the night....I never remember to take photos until we're packing up to go! The Opening was a lot of fun, good friends and good conversation...not to mention the Corn Cakes with Red Pepper Sauce, I'm searching for the recipe...
Folk Art HEAVEN...
Returned from Alabama last week - the Kentuck Art Fair was a gem, like no other show I've ever done. My first thought upon entering the park was "I'VE DIED AND GONE TO FOLK ART HEAVEN". I was very inspired and moved by all the visionary art work and wonderful artists that I met (first photo William Scrip's amazing sculptures, Robert Seven's art and booth, and one of my wonderful neighbors).
Gabriel Shaffer has a wonderful photo album on his flickr site capturing some the most memorable artists from this show. I had the honor of meeting his mother, Cher Shaffer (a highly collected visionary artist) from whom I purchased this fabulous painting of her cat, Yoda...also got some other nice treasures from Mark Orr (the perfect art fair neighbor), Jim Shores and Kim Young.
My dear husband did all the driving so I was free to read and look out the window and dream, I also did a lot of drawing in my sketchbook. I have some great new images for future road trip / map paintings...scroll down to see them:
Same time last year...
I started this painting last year after we had accepted
an offer on the sale of our old house. I knew they
were going to tear it down, I was not quite ready to
let it go...or finish the painting. It's back on my easel,
we'll see how it goes this time...
Open...
Illustration Friday Word = OPEN
On this day recorded in my sketchbook, I OPENed
myself up to try new things...
and by posting it here, I leave myself open for possible
ridicule...go ahead laugh, or send me your inquiries!
Adopt A Pet In The Park...
I donated the design of this Ad for Chicago Animal Care & Control's upcoming pet adoption event in Lincoln Park on October 14th. The full design has a lot more text etc. I made this one for postcards and another for possible t-shirt printing. Watch for it in an upcoming issue of the Chicago Reader. I hope it brings lots of people out for the event so more of Chicago's homeless pets find good homes.
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